While I may not totally agree with all of its arguments, and some of it is clearly Australia-specific, this set of replies by the blog Blackfellas to the “Top Ten Colonist Self Justifications” offered by white Australians is hilarious. I have no doubt Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the US can easily adapt these rationalizations […]
A brief announcement highlighting the addition of a new MI feature, AGENDA INDIGENA. AGENDA INDIGENA is the organic extension of a debate initiated back in May, where a critical review of the book Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry led to a series of posts by a variety of voices. But not everyone could follow these interlinked […]
Awesome story in The Ecologist of how the tradition of Amazonian rubber-tapping has been successfully revived among Indigenous people in Brazil thanks in part to the critical assistance of local NGO Poloprobio. By “joining scientific research with the rubber-tappers’ empirical knowledge,” the partnership innovated a better processing method that doesn’t rely on electricity or machinery, […]
Behold the latest mediaINDIGENA segment on STREETZ 104.7 FM, which is originally broadcast live every Tuesday at noon central, 1 pm eastern, on-air and on-line. This week, Rick Harp and THE WORD host Lady V discussed the growing funding gap for First Nations post-secondary students, and, why Winnipeg’s mayoral race had been silent (to date, […]
As promised, here are all the Indigenous artists screening at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which gets underway Thursday, Sept. 9 and runs for a total of 11 days. Non-Torontonians should look for these movies down the road at an Indigenous film festival near you, if not a mainstream theatre. Each film title […]
